I believe it's a good question. There are a lot of young children that tune into OldMiniBikes. I certainly don't believe in ZERO Tolerance on anything but this site is not about the latest develops in steam pipe fitting or classification of river deltas in South America. Minibikes are attractive to youngsters and they are watching and some are members. Anyone that wishes to accept the fact that YOUR RIGHTS stop when they come up against the rights of others would have to agree that moderation is necessary. There can be no doubt that NO ONE has the RIGHT to use foul language in the presence of another person's child.
In my mind it is not necessarily the individual word, poorly disguised by an symbol or two, that should be at issue. It is the intent and context of the phrase or sentence in which the generally offensive word resides. Impressionable children are slick enough to smoke out the encryption. They have heard it all by the time they enter the 3rd grade. It's the message to young people that excessive use of vulgar terms and words is just fine and acceptable. Helping young people acquire the erroneous idea that bad speech habits are just fine and acceptable is simply wrongheaded.
No one is going to be harmed if excessive gutter speech fails to be condoned. Accommodation for any and all potty mouth is not acceptable just as zero tolerance is unacceptable. The adults on this site should act like adults.
In my mind it is not necessarily the individual word, poorly disguised by an symbol or two, that should be at issue. It is the intent and context of the phrase or sentence in which the generally offensive word resides. Impressionable children are slick enough to smoke out the encryption. They have heard it all by the time they enter the 3rd grade. It's the message to young people that excessive use of vulgar terms and words is just fine and acceptable. Helping young people acquire the erroneous idea that bad speech habits are just fine and acceptable is simply wrongheaded.
No one is going to be harmed if excessive gutter speech fails to be condoned. Accommodation for any and all potty mouth is not acceptable just as zero tolerance is unacceptable. The adults on this site should act like adults.
